The Argument: Bloggers, Billionaires and Misrepresenting the Progressive Movement?

Matt Bai's new book, The Argument: Bloggers, Billionaires, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics hit the shelves this week. The buzz about this book has been pretty heavy, as Bai is known for writing some of the better political pieces in the New York Times Magazine in recent years, and he's been something of a fixture in the new progressive movement, appearing at Yearly Kos (both years) and tagging along at Drinking Liberally's and other events.

Over at AlterNet, Don Hazen rips the book to shreds, basically calling Bai a shill for Clintonism and the DC insider class in opposition to which the blogosphere and broader netroots have arisen. This is the book people are going to be talking about for the next few months, and even Hazen admits that it provides valuable history on the last 4 years in Democratic politics (particularly Dean's 50 State Strategy and the rise of the Democracy Alliance).

My copy is in the mail. I'll be looking forward to seeing if Hazen's review holds up.